Two former MPs and a pseudo-official of the “DPR” terrorist organization will be tried on high treason and illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine.
According to the press service of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, an indictment was sent to the court in a special pre-trial investigation against these persons.
The investigation established that in February 2022, the suspects illegally crossed the state border of Ukraine outside the established checkpoints. Accompanied by the Russian military, they arrived in Katyuzhanka, Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region, which at that time was under the occupation of the Russian armed forces.
These persons sided with the enemy and propagated the “idea of the Russian world” among the local population, gave interviews with anti-Ukrainian content to the Russian media. They also urged local residents to support the occupation authorities and recognize its legitimacy.
It is known that the suspects visited the headquarters of the occupiers, which was based on the territory of a village school. There, the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces equipped combat positions for military equipment, stored weapons, ammunition and fuel.
The school stadium was their landing pad for enemy helicopters and combat positions of MRLS Grad, from where the occupiers shelled the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the territory of the school there were rooms for interrogation of Ukrainian citizens, including prisoners.